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SMITH v. STATE

No. 55342.

489 So.2d 1389 (1986)

Billy Earl SMITH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Townsend, Pearl, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Billy Earl Smith was convicted of murder and aggravated assault in the Circuit Court of Rankin County and now appeals. The story of this unfortunate man and his still more unlucky victims is one of the most depressing tales we have ever been called upon to recount.

Billy Earl Smith appeared at the State Mental Hospital at Whitfield shortly before midnight on April 30, 1976. He had...

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